Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
By jpeg Tue May 06, 2025 6:18 pm
jaymack wrote:Wonder how that Trump Tax is gonna affect prices of any new devices... get ready


thankfully in da UK prices presumably will be unaffected; but I still got my Live mk1 working on 2.15.2.

I liked the Live mk2 but I did not see any reason to upgrade.

Lets see if there any tangibles in this upcoming Live 3 to justify an upgrade.
By acronym Tue May 06, 2025 7:14 pm
jpeg wrote:
jaymack wrote:Wonder how that Trump Tax is gonna affect prices of any new devices... get ready


thankfully in da UK prices presumably will be unaffected; but I still got my Live mk1 working on 2.15.2.

I liked the Live mk2 but I did not see any reason to upgrade.

Lets see if there any tangibles in this upcoming Live 3 to justify an upgrade.


They're going to pass off the increase to the rest of the world if tariffs are applied like most other companies. It's going to be expensive, but Nukai are not going to shoot themselves in the foot by just making the US arguably largest market to be priced out. So thanks 'Murica, though we do have Farage in the UK and we did inflict Brexit on ourselves. Immigration is the boogeyman it seems for nations across the world.
By jpeg Tue May 06, 2025 7:50 pm
acronym wrote:
They're going to pass off the increase to the rest of the world if tariffs are applied like most other companies. It's going to be expensive, but Nukai are not going to shoot themselves in the foot by just making the US arguably largest market to be priced out. So thanks 'Murica, though we do have Farage in the UK and we did inflict Brexit on ourselves. Immigration is the boogeyman it seems for nations across the world.


Dont think we can call them Nukai anymore; as think was resevered for when Numark owned Akai in the mid 2000's.

It will def be interesting to see what price the new device comes in at; I recall when I got the live back in 2017; it cost bout 800 GBP; and think the mk 2 was bout 1000 GBP when it first dropped in the UK.

But I wonder has the cost of the Key 37 increased since tarrifs was announced?

Nothing wrong with Brexit in principle; people control of their destiny and not be dictated to by bureaucrat overseas, but it was a scam, and the UK will likely end up rejoining and going down with the ship.

The EU is a bad idea in general as its a single point of failure; the EEC was acceptable; but the EU is dictorial and the poor nations drag richer nations down.

Immigration is def a legit concern; if the migrants are not vetted before granted entry and if the migrants have no skills to contribute to the economy.

Most of the migrants in the past 10 years coming to the UK are unskilled migrants that come to grift off taxpayers and comit other crimes, they bring zero benefit to the nation.

But the skilled migrants that bring value, ie work a job and pay taxes, and dont comit crime ,they should be prioritiesed over the grifters and rabble that are being shipped in.
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By EnochLight Tue May 06, 2025 8:04 pm
jpeg wrote:The EU is a bad idea in general as its a single point of failure; the EEC was acceptable; but the EU is dictatorial and the poor nations drag richer nations down.


IMHO the non-unified nature of the entire continent of Europe (and yes, the UK is part of that) is why it was plagued with war between its nations for almost 2 millenia. The EU was literally a stab at unifying it, so - as an outsider - I have a hard time seeing how the EU is bad for Europe as a whole. Is it perfect? Nope - not by any stretch. Yes, immigration is always an issue, but keeping Europe disunified is a big fat gift to the east (Russia, China, etc). The UK leaving under Brexit was a stupid move and the UK is weaker for it. Also seems the majority of Britons feel it was mistake now. :nod:
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By Ultros Tue May 06, 2025 8:50 pm
He's just renegotiating the trade agreements. Trump despite not being a friendly person is right about a lot of things in terms of unfair trade relations. I thank trump for giving my government and country-men the chin-check they needed to start running the place like a country again. Something very weird was going on in our world from 2019-now, its a refreshing return to normalicy where we worry about economics and war prepping rather than gender affirming surgeries, the color of our skin, who we offend or a government preaching down to us like we were all born racist and biggoted. Gimme tarrifs all day, better than a fkn trudeau prime minister who has no vision, focus or purpose, better than living in a world being ripped apart by people with mental health issues. Peace america, you and us buddies you and us. I am happy to pay whatever tax is agreed on if it means we continue this trajectory. We need the UK on board... They need liberation from their masters as well, they are still to suffer the authoritarian hell.
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By Ultros Wed May 07, 2025 4:58 am
Lol i know dudes it seems insane im saying that but it literally reshaped politics in canada. its been a positive a very big one.

I can't expect americans to know shit about what's been going on in canada. Here learn something.
it's all true whether people accept the truth or not.

Good point b-wise sorry broski.
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By inflict3 Wed May 07, 2025 5:25 am
Mpc S.E.X. Is about to drop, I hope it has no **** screen and you gotta do everything by ear like the mpc500. I really hope that’s the case, then I will hear all you little bitches cry like babies about having no wav view and no auto chop. I’m rooting for a screenless mpc, these screens are ruining our eyes, take my word for it.
By johnnytravels Wed May 07, 2025 7:12 am
EnochLight wrote:
jaymack wrote:That said, I'd wager some parts for the MPC come from China and may be hit with a tariff of some sort, so...


Taiwan does not have any extraordinary tariffs on goods from China.
By jpeg Wed May 07, 2025 8:00 am
B-Wise wrote:Let's not turn this shit into reddit. Superbooth is this week. Stay focused!


Superbooth tomorrow; all will be revealed; and we have our very own MPC-tutor on site to give us the scoop.

I will LMFAO if its an MPC live mini :popcorn:
By jpeg Wed May 07, 2025 8:02 am
Ultros wrote: Something very weird was going on in our world from 2019-now, its a refreshing return to normalicy where we worry about economics and war prepping rather than gender affirming surgeries, the color of our skin, who we offend or a government preaching down to us like we were all born racist and biggoted. .


Radical change in society is the new normal as the human herd is forced into global authoritrianism
By jpeg Wed May 07, 2025 8:57 am
EnochLight wrote:
IMHO the non-unified nature of the entire continent of Europe (and yes, the UK is part of that) is why it was plagued with war between its nations for almost 2 millenia. The EU was literally a stab at unifying it, so - as an outsider - I have a hard time seeing how the EU is bad for Europe as a whole. Is it perfect? Nope - not by any stretch. Yes, immigration is always an issue, but keeping Europe disunified is a big fat gift to the east (Russia, China, etc). The UK leaving under Brexit was a stupid move and the UK is weaker for it. Also seems the majority of Britons feel it was mistake now. :nod:


The reason for war in europe was to do with banking elites funding wars, and monarchs forcing wars to cull the populations of men who might grow tired of being subject to the king and seek to overthrow the ruler.

The EEC was a good idea as each nation still had autonomy; yet benefited from European trade agreements, but the EU is dictorial and is a stepping stone to global government and hence a bad idea by default.